Personal and Professional Development Tips for Your Career

culled from:digitalsparkmarketing.com

Make a project around your development 

Hairdressing icon Vidal Sassoon was famous for having said: ‘The only place you’ll find success coming before work is in a dictionary’. We have to work on ourselves. Put pressure on ourselves. Critique our days. Give back to society. Be our own very best coaches and cheering squads. All of this applies as much for our personal lives as for our business lives.

Minimize past successes

There is nothing more dangerous to future success than a great last result, is there? We are only as good as our next result. Build on successes through learning. Stay paranoid. Look ahead and not to the past.

Be a priority fanatic

Set a goal to get more of the important things done every day. Be obsessed with getting priorities rights, on what’s really important, every day, and make sure you spend the majority of your day on these priorities. These priorities should include your development.

Continue to add connections

Woody Allen said: 85% of the secret of success is just turning up. Turn up to events. Make that phone call. Read that book. Do that training. Have the courage to ask that question. Make the effort. Stay connected to what’s happening around you.

Be a continuous learner

Always be curious about everything. Ask yourself questions and then find the answers. Continuously connect the information you are learning for new facts and learning. And most important? Keep developing your ability to learn.

Embrace change

Darwin said it was not the strongest of the species that survived, but the most able to adapt to change. There will be more change in the next five years than we’ve seen in the past 50. Get excited by change. Be part of the most movements that you can. Help shake things up.

Think different 

Try and explore new ideas without bringing your old ideas along for the ride.  Stand out to be heard. Never reject ideas just because you will not agree with them. Examine and study thoughts before setting them aside.

Yes, there are probably many valuable things that different people will add.  It will carry far beyond your early days … revisit it often. Let it keep you focused on the big learning picture.

We’ve got one shot at our lives.

Work hard on yourself to stay relevant if you want the chance to keep your personal and professional development moving forward.

So, what are the lessons that you would add to this list? Any comments or questions to add below?

It’s up to you to keep improving your continuous  learning  from mentors and coaches.

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Are you devoting enough energy continually improving your continuous learning?

Do you have a lesson about making your learning better you can share with this community? Have any questions or comments to add in the section below?